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You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man.
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.
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Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are.
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